Author: James Harleman
The talented Joss Whedon has a lesser-known hit this year, overshadowed by his colossal success with The Avengers. Whedon co-wrote The Cabin in the Woods, out today on DVD and Blu-ray, offering commentary on the formula of…
I remember thinking it was too soon… …when I saw the trailer for Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center back in 2006. Five years didn’t seem like enough time, but that was mixed with my fear the…
A few years ago I transitioned from using the term Film and Theology for the various live, written and podcast versions of what we do here, changing the name to Cinemagogue. It seems this may…
Where in the World is Cinemagogue going? “Remember; no matter where you go, there you are.” – Buckaroo Banzai, Across the 8th Dimension Life and circumstances have impacted Film & Theology events and this website…
Creasy: “Do you think God’ll forgive us for what we’ve done?” Rayburn: “No.” This exchange happens near the beginning of director Tony Scott’s moving Man on Fire, a heavy but incredible film I had been putting…
“May he who illuminated this… illuminate me” – Henry Jones, Sr. Looking at the adventures of Indiana Jones chronologically, we’ve seen him find religion at the Temple of Doom as he gains a heart for helping…
In our first post looking at the Indiana Jones trilogy, we focused on the first film in chronological order (Temple of Doom) and how a shady, compromised, self-serving Indy got a little religion, a heart…
Some people think I’m biased toward blockbusters and certain genres, but I can honestly tell them: I love Indy films. With Raiders of the Lost Ark making an IMAX debut in a few weeks, it…
Spider-man 3 lacked a quality screenplay because they dropped some of the screenwriters and the director largely wrote the screenplay himself. While Sam Raimi is a tremendous director, he was found lacking when it came…
“A girl’s gotta eat.” – Selina Kyle. She’s good at what she does, one of the best, but her crimes are slowly and inevitably catching up with her. Insisting she’s only doing what she has…
John Blake: “Don’t you want to know who he is?” Jim Gordon: “I know exactly who he is; he’s The Batman.” He’s our point-of-view character for the film, not an “average Joe” but the most normal and…
“There was never just one…” (Apparently these guys are like Pringles.) This Friday we have a Bourne movie without Jason Bourne. This is CRAZY, right? We couldn’t possibly have a story where the central heroic…